{"id":1916,"date":"2023-12-08T16:32:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T07:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gwcenter.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=1916"},"modified":"2026-04-09T15:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T06:56:56","slug":"kagra-institutions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gwcenter.icrr.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/about-kagra-project\/kagra-institutions","title":{"rendered":"KAGRA Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Participating Institutions<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Japan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • The University of Tokyo, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Research Center for the Early Universe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Department of Astronomy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Department of Applied Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Institute for Photon Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The University of Tokyo, Earthquake Research Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Gravitational Wave Science Project<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Advanced Technology Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Division of Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Accelerator Laboratory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies (IPNS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Institute of Science Tokyo, Graduate School of Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • University of Electro-Communications, Institute for Laser Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hosei University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ochanomizu University, Physics Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tokyo City University, Research Center for Space Science, Advanced Research Laboratories<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Radio Research Institute<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Analysis and Statistical Inference<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Defense Academy of Japan, Department of Communications Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Aoyama Gakuin University, Department of Physical Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Toho University, Faculty of Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Nihon University, College of Industrial Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Chiba Institute of Technology, Research Center for Mathematical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, National Metrology Institute of Japan<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • University of Tsukuba, Institute of Systems and Information Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • RIKEN, iTHEMS (Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Shinshu University, Faculty of Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Nagoya University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Institutes for Fusion Science, Applied Superconductivity and Cryogenics Unit<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Osaka Metropolitan University, Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Osaka Metropolitan University, Nambu Yoichiro Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (NITEP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Osaka University, International College<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Osaka Institute of Technology, Faculty of Information Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kyoto University, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics (YITP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kyoto University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ryukoku University, Faculty of Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kochi University, Faculty of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fukuoka University, Department of Applied Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • University of the Ryukyus, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Kanazawa Medical University, Division of General Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • University of Toyama, Faculty of Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • University of Toyama, Faculty of Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College, Department of Electronic Control Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Niigata University, Graduate School of Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Niigata University, Faculty of Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • National Institute of Technology, Fukui College<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Fukui Prefectural University, Center for Information Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Republic of Korea<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • Ewha Womans University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Hanyang University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Inje University, Department of Computer Simulation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Technology Center for Astronomy and Space Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Myongji University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • National Institute for Mathematical Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Pusan National University<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Chungnam National University, Department of Astronomy and Space Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Yonsei University, Department of Astronomy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Yonsei University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Kyung Hee University, School of Space Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Taiwan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
        \n
      • Industrial Technology Research Institute, Center for Measurement Standards<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Tsing Hua University, Institute of Astronomy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Tsing Hua University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Tsing Hua University, Institute of Photonics Technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Tamkang University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Academia Sinica, Institute of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Applied Research Laboratories, National Center for High-performance Computing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Central University, Department of Physics, Center for High Energy and High Field Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Department of Electrophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Institute of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • National Cheng Kung University, Department of Physic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Hong Kong<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
          \n
        • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          China<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
            \n
          • Tongji University, School of Physics Science and Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai United Center for Astrophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Astronomical Observatory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Shanxi Datong University, Institute of Theoretical Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology (APM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Geodesy and Earth’s Dynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Wuhan University, School of Physics and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Beijing Normal University, Department of Astronomy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Beijing Normal University, Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Beijing Normal University, Advanced Institute of Natural Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Peking University, Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academic of Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Asia-Pacific<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Duke Kunshan Universitiy, Division of Natural and Applied Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Sun Yat-sen University, School of Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • ShanghaiTech University, School of Physical Science and Technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • ShanghaiTech University, School of Information Science and Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Vietnam<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
              \n
            • Phenikaa University, Phenikaa Institute for Advanced Study<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              USA<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                \n
              • California Institute of Technology, LIGO Laboratory<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • University of Virginia Department of Physics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • University of Washington, Department of Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                Mexico<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                  \n
                • University of Guadalajara, Department of Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                  Italy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                    \n
                  • University of Salerno, Industrial Engineering Department<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • University of Salerno, Department of Information and Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics (DIEM)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • University of Sannio, Department of Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • University of Perugia, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • University of Camerino<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Universita di Roma La Sapienza, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • University of Trento, Department of Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                    Spain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                      \n
                    • Instituto de Fisica Teorica<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                      France<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                        \n
                      • Universite Paris Cite, Laboratoire Astroparticules and Cosmology (APC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                        Germany<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                          \n
                        • Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Laser Interferometry and Gravitational Wave Astronomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                          UK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                            \n
                          • Cardiff University, School of Physics and Astronomy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                            Finland<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
                              \n
                            • University of Helsinki, Department of Physics and Helsinki Institute of Physics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

                              <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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